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Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley

Padma, Sree / Barber, Anthony W. (Hrsg.):
Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra / edited by Sree Padma ; A. W. Barber. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2008. - xiii, 216 S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN 978-0-7914-7485-3 (Hardcover)
US$ 65,00
ISBN 978-0-7914-7814-1 (Ebook-Ausg.)
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Beschreibung
Offering perspectives from a distinguished group of international scholars, this book provides a multidisciplinary inquiry into the various forms of Buddhism that thrived during the early centuries of the common era in the Krishna River Valley areas of what is now the modern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The contributors explore not only the factors that led to the rise of Buddhist communities, but also the significance of these early Buddhist communities in the unfolding of the greater history of Buddhism throughout the Asian world. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Illustrations. ix
Acknowledgments. xiii
Sree Padma and A. W. Barber: Introduction. 1
1. Sree Padma: Material Culture and the Emergence of Urban Buddhism in Andhra. 11
2. Bart Dessein: Of Tempted Arhats and Supermundane Buddhas: Abhidharma in the Krishna Region. 41
3. Jacob N. Kinnard: Amaravati As Lens: Envisioning Buddhism in the Ruins of the Great Stupa. 81
4. Sree Padma and John Clifford Holt: Buddhism in Andhra and Its Influence on Buddhism in Sri Lanka. 105
5. Karen C. Lang: Candrakirti on the Medieval Military Culture of South India. 127
6. A. W. Barber: Two Mahayana Developments Along the Krsna River. 151
7. Jonathan S. Walters: Dhanyakataka Revisited: Buddhist Politics in Post-Buddhist Andhra. 169
Place Names. 209
Biographies of Contributors. 211
Index. 213

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SREE PADMA HOLT is Administrative Director of the ISLE Program at Bowdoin College. She is the author of Costume, Coiffure, and Ornaments in the Temple Sculpture of Northern Andhra. Faculty profile.
A. W. BARBER is Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary. He is the editor of Tibetan Tripitaka, Taipei Edition (Taipei 1991). Faculty profile.

Quellen: State University of New York Press; Google Books; Amazon (Deutschland); WorldCat; Library of Congress.
Schlagwörter: Buddhismus; Andhra Pradesh; Krishna River Valley; Geschichte